Please join the Food Law & Policy Clinic and the Food Law Society of Harvard Law School as we host alum Tommy Tobin (HLS ’16) and David Biderman from Perkins Coie, who will be speaking on their extensive experiences in food and beverage litigation. Grab-and-Go Lunches will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. This […]
The Farm Bill is at the core of how our food system operates. Authorizing more than $400 million in federal funding, it's the largest piece of food-related legislation in the United States. The 2018 Farm Bill was the first to include any funding for food waste reduction, but much more still needs to be done. […]
Please join the HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic and Health Law and Policy Clinic to watch a livestream of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The conference is being held for the first time in over 50 years and will include the announcement of a national strategy to eliminate hunger by […]
The world is in the grips of a multi-dimensional food crisis. The effects of the war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate emergency are wreaking havoc on global food supply chains and contributing to rising world hunger. This talk outlines some of the key features of the global food system that makes it […]
To build on the outcomes of the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, along with Food Systems for the Future, the Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Clinic is co-hosting a virtual panel on Wednesday, November 16 from 2:00 -3:00pm CST where we'll discuss how we address our greatest food and […]
The HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) invites you to attend A Conversation with Former FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, Frank Yiannas. Frank, who retired from the FDA in February 2023, will share his insight on the nation’s infant formula crisis and other operational challenges facing the food division of FDA, […]
Please join us for a dynamic exploration of the tangled web of food information, and how the proliferation of fake news and misinformation impact consumer choice. Our interdisciplinary conversation spans the US and EU, dissecting legal aspects, public health, psychology, consumer choices, and innovative strategies to combat misinformation. Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Time: 12:15 […]
The Food Law and Policy Clinic recently published More Than CAFOs and Corn, a comprehensive statistical analysis of Midwestern agriculture. The 167-page report includes new data on BIPOC farmers, farmworkers, and environmental outcomes, among other pressing issues, in the six-state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Join the two authors, Nathan Rosenberg and […]
Have you ordered food online lately? Join our conversation with a panel of international experts on the evolving food e-commerce landscape and how governments are (or are not) choosing to regulate it. Experts include: Dr. Pinghui Xiao, HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic Visiting Scholar and Senior Lecturer at Guangzhou University. MJ Plana Casado, PhD. […]
In 2019, the Lahore High Court in Pakistan declared that the government's inaction in implementing laws and policies to mitigate food loss and waste violated the Constitutional right to food. Join us as we hear from a petitioner in the case, Hafsa Ahmad (LLM '24), the barrister who argued the case, Muhammad Ahmad Pansota, and […]